Twice Carnegie medal winning Geraldine McCaughrean's enthralling new novel is set in a world paralysed by natural disaster and dangerous lies.
Fifteen-year-old Gloria is maid to Afalia's tyrannical Head of State, Madame Suprema. When the country is hit by unprecedented flooding, Madame Suprema runs away, fearing she will be blamed for the crisis. To cover up this cowardly act, Gloria is made to step into Madame Suprema's shoes and is thrust into a world of corrupt and desperate politicians. As Gloria becomes aware of the forces toying with her every move, she must take decisions that could save, or end, thousands of lives - including her own...
A brilliant and darkly funny commentary on our present times by one of our greatest writers.

A darkly funny commentary on present times, from a double Carnegie medal winner.

About the Author
Geraldine McCaughrean is one of today's most successful and highly regarded children's authors. She has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice: first in 1988 with A Pack of Lies and again in 2018 with Where the World Ends. She's won the IBW Book Award 2018, the Whitbread Children's Book Award three times, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Smarties Bronze Award four times, the prestigious U.S. Printz Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Geraldine lives in Berkshire with her husband John and the lingering shades of all those characters she has invented in her books.

Reviews
As always, McCaughrean's prose and characterisation of the good, the bad and the in-between, are a treat. * The Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week *
This enjoyable eco thriller is richly told * The Times, Children's Book of the Week *
[A] thought-provoking, poignant, blackly funny novel * The Guardian *
This often-surprising novel is a book that will stand the test of time. * The Irish Times *
Geraldine McCaughrean is a writer of ferocious literary talent... A zinging black comedy, [The Supreme Lie] asks sophisticated questions about power and responsibility. * New Statesman *


Awards
Short-listed for Warwickshire Secondary Book Award 2022 (UK) and The Redhill Academy Trust Book Awards 2022 (UK). Long-listed for North Somerset Teachers' Book Award 2021 (UK) and Redbridge Children's Book Award 2022 (UK) and The UKLA Book Awards 2022 (UK). Nominated for The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9781474970686
Author Geraldine Mccaughrean
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Usborne Publishing Ltd
Publisher Usborne Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 201mm * 139mm * 28mm